What is in your cup?

[chamekke]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

As long as it doesn't have a chocolate and tobacco flavor... I don't care for flavored teas.

No worries, we're talking notes in the aroma rather than in the taste. I don't care for flavoured teas either

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Do you use the gaiwan as it's intended, using the lid to hold back the leaves, or do you use some sort of infuser?

Purely the former; I don't use infusers. (Although I understand that in China a lot of people drink straight out of the gaiwan, which I don't, so I suppose "intended" may be a judgement call!)

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

http://www.nbtea.co.uk/shop/section.php?xSec=37&xPage=1 has a nice grouping of samples. For less than 150 GBP ($250 Canadian) you can get all of them, and try out a lot of different tea. I'm sure you could find something new to please you!

Thanks, it's a tempting idea! Once I've worked through my backlog of old standards, I may just do exactly that.

[Latinandgreek]

Ahmad Earl Grey tea.

[beppe]

Originally Posted by willijt

I regret to appear to be violating the protocol that resides here, ... Mea culpa.

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

What makes you think you are violating any protocols?
Stitchawl

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

PROTOCOL! we don't need no steeenkin' protocol!

What a nice sequence. Exactly what I need to keep in the mood of Room with a view that some of us are reading for the book club this month.

And what a nice occasion to make a fool of myself. I used to be a joker before becoming a question mark.

Then.
@willijt. Yes, there are layers of protocols. If you feel that you appear that you are violating one and you regret it, than it is your pleasure to do so, and we should do nothing to refrain you. On the contrary ...

Why not take Stitchawl reply at the letter? At least a bit. Not all of us are British subjects or under the influence of their mannerisms, like many inhabitants of the exColonies including USoA. For many of us things mean what they appear.
So "Have a nice day" means exactly that and not " Do not show up until the sun sets". Or " I am sorry" that means "I stepped on your toe on purpose". And "Nice talking to you" should be read as "Next time shut up". BTW I prefer nice talking with you.

My impression is that Stitchawl, in few words as is the tradition of the country where he resides, is giving you both an absolution from any actual or imagined sin and at the same time the occasion of unloading your heart on the very friendly posters of this wonderful thread. It comes from a concept that one finds in Japanes design. It might be referred to as beauty through using, so that a dish is fully wonderful if it is shown with some food in it. Do give us reasons please, if it pleases you.

KK's reply appears as an ontological demonstration of sort of the existence of protocols, and of the refusal of them, if only of the nose offenders or of all them is not clear. I am also pretty sure that she is not referring to any particular body odor of any of us. Or to the procedures for having digital devices to communicate across the net. Although I know that KK is proud of some of *her* protocols. She shared with us one about drinking from a boot after a long march. Again things should not be taken literary, at least when it is not the case, and they should be taken literary when the case is. Or not?

[Stitchawl]

Yeah.... wut he said.

It was as clear as the attachment!

Stitchawl

[beppe]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Yeah.... wut he said.

It was as clear as the attachment!

Stitchawl

exactly. k for you

[beppe]

I tried out two of the advices I got yesterday from the lady of the tea shop. It is about brewing gunpowder. I put the hot water in the cup, so it cooled down. I put the tea in the brewing cup (that what I use at home). added the water from the cup, waited 2 minutes and passed the tea through a fine mesh colander, careful to strain all the tea. Keep the leaves for a second steep. No washing.

the second cup is richer in taste and in color, slightly bitter and just a bit tangy.

[beppe]

Absolutely the same tingling in the hands, than yesterday. So gunpowder does things to me.

[MrPLD]

Absolutely nothing at the moment - but I'm about to go conjure some Chamomile tea

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by MrPLD

Absolutely nothing at the moment - but I'm about to go conjure some Chamomile tea

Good to see you back again! Those planes must be keeping you busy!

Watch out for the Chamomile... too much of it can turn a man into beast!


Stitchawl

[MrPLD]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Good to see you back again! Those planes must be keeping you busy!

Oh how I wish that was the case, sadly not

Watch out for the Chamomile... too much of it can turn a man into beast!

So that explains the extra hair-growth in my life now... aha!

Speaking of teas, my massive and very luscious lemon-grass bush was badly beaten up in the cyclone Yasi that hit the coast last week. Hopefully it'll recover but for now I'm just pulling plenty of clusters from it.

Paul.

[bjones6416]

Black coffee. Bah! Protocol!

[ProfCrash]

Rooibos Lemon

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by Iridal

I'm working at home today, so I'm enjoying a delicious homemade mocha latte. I figured the occasional coffee won't do me any harm. And I'm drinking for taste more than for caffein.

I LOVE mocha latte. that would have been 2thumbsdown if you'd had black coffee, but mocha latte does no harm

wondering if there's any kind of chocolate flavored tea??

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

I LOVE mocha latte. that would have been 2thumbsdown if you'd had black coffee, but mocha latte does no harm

wondering if there's any kind of chocolate flavored tea??

There is: this is just an example.

In my cup: mango & peach tea

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

I LOVE mocha latte. that would have been 2thumbsdown if you'd had black coffee, but mocha latte does no harm

wondering if there's any kind of chocolate flavored tea??

plenty of chocolate teas here, and those are ones I will never review... sorry